Illinois Republicans respond to LaSalle Veterans Home audit
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State Republican lawmakers are responding to the Illinois auditor general?s report on the LaSalle Veterans? Home where 36 veterans died during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Chicagoans react to Bally's casino proposal for River West

A casino can bring in a lot of money for Chicago, however, neighbors are concerned it will also bring trouble in the way of traffic congestion, crime and construction inconvenience. 

Chicagoans react to Bally's casino bid in River West
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Bally's bid to build Chicago's first casino in River West has drawn mixed reactions from neighborhood residents.

President Biden to visit Chicago next Wednesday for IBEW convention

President Joe Biden visits Chicago next Wednesday, the White House announced Thursday, the first time he has been in the area since October.

Chicagoans have mixed reactions to city's casino pick
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Bally's, which operates more than a dozen casinos in the United States, proposed to spend more than $1.7 billion to build a casino and entertainment complex on a site that currently holds the Chicago Tribune's Freedom Center.

Report released on state's response to deadly COVID outbreak at Lasalle Veterans' Home

The report found that the state health department, "did not identify and respond to the seriousness of the outbreak," "did not offer any advice or assistance as to how to slow the spread within the facility," and did not offer to provide extra COVID rapid tests.

Report: Mayor Lightfoot favors Bally's bid for Chicago casino
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot is about to name her choice of a site and a developer for a big Chicago casino, according to a report.

Pritzker, Lightfoot pledge to keep abortion access for Illinois residents
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot promised to preserve abortion access for their constituents Tuesday less than a day after a Supreme Court document leaked that has thrown the future of Roe v. Wade into jeopardy.

Illinois 'will fight like hell' against overturning of Roe v. Wade decision, Pritzker says

"Illinois is a beacon of hope, and we will fight like hell for women here and across the nation. We support those who believe, not in limiting rights but expanding them. That is freedom, that is democracy," Pritzker said.